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Data from Vickers Aircraft since 1908 General characteristics Crew: two Length: 36 ft 5 in (11.10 m) Wingspan: 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) Wing area: 290 sq ft (27 m 2) Empty weight: 1,000 lb (454 kg) Powerplant: 1 × R.E.P five-cylinder air-cooled fan-type engine, 60 hp (45 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 56 mph (90 km/h, 49 kn) Notes ^ Flight 15 April 1911, p.336. ^ Andrews and Morgan 1988, p. 1 ...
Pages in category "Vickers aircraft" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total. ... Vickers R.E.P. Type Monoplane; R80 (airship) T. Vickers Swallow ...
The first Vickers design using this construction was the Vireo and the third, the Viastra, used a blend of Wibault and Vickers construction techniques. [ 2 ] The Viastra was envisaged as a one or three-engined commercial aircraft capable of carrying ten passengers and designed with an eye to operations in countries with poor surface transport ...
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The later I and V types used a .303-in Vickers machine gun. A large metal "casserolle" spinner, appearing much like those used on the Deperdussin Monocoque pre-war racer of 1912, was designed to streamline the aircraft; but caused the engines to overheat. In 1915, the spinners were removed and the overheating problems disappeared with little ...
Elected "Associate Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society" in 1913, chief designer and engineer in the aviation department of Vickers; formerly chief engineer at the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, and previously employed as an engineer by the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co. [30] Challenger was the author and co-author of numerous ...
Remains from all 67 victims of the midair collision over Washington, D.C., that sent an American Airlines regional plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashing into the Potomac River have been ...
The Vickers Wellesley was a medium bomber that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge, Surrey. It was one of two aircraft to be named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , the other being the Vickers Wellington .